The Penn's Grove record., 1887-07-23
NEWS OF THE WEEK

F~orsytbe and destroyed her house.
Three children of August Will
hanson, aged respectively 8, 10 and II
years, while playing with firecrackers
at Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, on the
evening of the 14th, exploded a box of
powder near by. The youngest child
was killed, but the others are expected
to recover.
Timothy Carey, a cripple, was
supported by his wife in New York,
she keeping a few boarders and working
as a laundress. The couple spent the
evening of the 18Th in quarreling. On
the morning of the 14th, after getting
breakfast for her bOarders, Mrs. Carey
struck her husband on the head with a
stick, and committed suicide by swal.
lowing poison, Several years ago Mrs.
Carey was sentenced to imprisonment
for life for setting fire to her sisters
house, but after she had served two
years Governor Cleveland Iardoned her.
I'm Owen township, Indiana, on
the 10th, while Eeveral men were load
ing a boat with peaches from a high
bluff by means of a heavy car on an
inclined plane, the ropes holding the
car broke and the vehicle was dashed
to pieces at the bottom OF the bluff.
Louis Littrell and Rollo Baird were
killed, and Chauncey Baird and Rich
ard Moore were fatally injured.
"A large tank of water. having a
capacity of 10000 gallons, supplying
the Osborne House, neal Lawrence,
Long Islaud, burst on the evening of
the 18th. A portion of its sides, with
a large volume of water, crashed down
upon the roof of the kitchen, which
was partially carried down upon the
heads of Frank Gildersleeve, Frank
Frost and six female helpers who were
at work. Gildersleeve had several
teeth knocked out, while the rest was
more or less bruised, besides being
nearly drowned.
AT st. Thomas, Ontario, on the
evening of the 10th, at the crossing
Of the Michigan Central and Grand
Trunk Roads, a Grand Trunk excur-
sion train ran into a Michigan Central
freight train with oil cars attached.
The oil caught fire and both trains
and a warehouse and several sheds
were consumed. The first car of the
excursion train was crowded with peo-
pie, and it is feared there was terrible
loss of life. An hour after the crash,
while a crowd OF people were looking
at the blazing pile, one of the oil tanks
suddenly exploded, throwing hundreds
reds to the ground and seriously if not
fatally burning many. at last ac-
counts nine bodies had been recovered
from the train wreck.
"A freigt train and a stock train on
the Burlington and Missouri Railroad
collided on the morning of the 18th on
a small bridge near Lincoln, Nebraska.
The bridge caught fire, and two ell
gines and thirteen loaded cars were
destroyed, including two cars full of
cattle. The loss is estimated at nearly
5000, 900. The train men saved them
selves by jumping off before the COLI
sion.
An unknown highwayman entered
the store of John d. LangwOrthy, at
Ashway, Rhode Island, near the Con-
necticut border, on the 14th, and at
the point of the pistol, forced Lang
worthy, who was alone in the shop, to
hand over his watch and the contents
Of the money drawer, about $40. The
robber escaped into Connecticut.
IS. j. Straley, a prominent whole
sale dealer in fruits and vegetables in
| Springfield, Ohio, was arrested on the
10Th, on the charge of obtaining goods
under false pretences. 1t Is alleged
that he created "A corner in blackberries
by purchasing almost the entire crop
in Central Ohio. and, losing heavily,
then transferred his store to IA preferred
creditor.
The largest sale of c~onflscated
goods ever held in San Francisco was
made by the U. s.. Marshall, on the
14th. 1t consisted Of merchandise
seized from Chinese steamers, lnclud-
ing S46, 800 worth of opium.
Thomas Williams, 30 years old,
met Maggie Catlin, aged 20, In COM
pany with her brother, on the street in
west Newton, Penna., on the evening
Of the 18th, and asked her to shake
hands. She refused, whereupon Will
lIams drew a revolver. The girl star
ted TO run. Williams pursued her, and
fred once, and seeing her fall thought
he had killed her. He then blew out
his brains. The girl escaped, as her
fall was from fright. Both parties are
colored, and Williams action is attri-
buted to jealousy.
A telegram from Tucson reports
that Southern Arizona has been visited
by very severe Tain-storms and cloud
bursts during the past eight days. The /
Santa Cruz river IS more than a mile
uyiHn and uaGhnnfG on tho railroad |
have been frequen and numerous. A
large quantity OF stock has been
drowned. On the 18th a loaded freight
train was carried away by a cloud
burst in Canon Deere.
"A temperature of 100 in the shade
was registered by the thermometer in
L%yunchburg, Virginia, on the after
noon of the 18th. The temperature at
Pittsburg on the 18TH reached SO In
the shade. Many mills and factories
ceased operations, and a large nam6er
of sunstrokes were reported, three of
them fatal.
james Tolly. an eccentric farmer
near ~Shelbyville. Illinois, had $500
taken from his house by burglars a
short time ago. The robbers over
looked $4,000 in coin. On the l4th
Tolly was persuaded by his wife to take
the cash TO Shelbyviile and deposit it in
bank. The coin was In N package,
and two men were required to remove
it from the wagon.
Meredith Mansell,> colored, and
one of his children were killed by
lightning while at dinner in Pickens
county, South Carolina, on the 18th.
His wife and four other children were
injured.
The Metropolitan Storage Ware
house. on Thirty-eighth street, between
Broadway and Sixth avenue, New
York, was destroyed by lire before
daylight on the morning OF the 10th.
The loss on the building and its con-
tents is estimated at 100000. Dur
ing the fire an explosion occurred, by
which seven iremen were severely in
jured. Hills block, in Springfield,
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